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Unicorn Tutorial Part 1by *scenceable

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This is part 1. It includes making an armature and sculpting the unicorn.

PRESS DOWNLOAD FOR THE ACTUAL TUTORIAL PDF. It is long.

Part 2 is here: [link]
It includes baking, painting, and hairing.

This tutorial has been the death of me. Putting it together was fine, took about 5 hours, but was fun.

Finding a way to change the word document into pdf, woah boy. After 2 hours of searching, downloading crap, etc, I finally got it. Then DA said the file was too big, so I had to redownload itinto 2 parts.

Dang.

Anyhow, I was asked to do this tutorial, and at first was reluctant since =Indigo-Ocean already has a really good one. However, I figured if people want to make a horse, it's good to have different techniques to look at.

I tried to focus more on sculpting facial details, and not so much on the body. I also went into baking and color painting and such, so hopefully a few people find this helpful.

Sorry I do not have this online somewhere for those that do not have pdf readers. (downloading a reader takes a few minutes, if you're really desperate)

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~BronyOnABudget Apr 29, 2013

Wow, I wish that I had the supplies and time to do this... it looks like so much fun...

*scenceable May 12, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You should try it!

~BronyOnABudget May 12, 2013

Once I get some free time I definitely will!

I've just never really tried sculpting anything before...

~jackboll59 Apr 10, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

How do you prevent the wire from poking out when you stand the sculpture?

*scenceable Apr 10, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I do multiple baking, so I always have something hard to hold onto. I never put the sculpture down on its feet while I'm working on the legs, the sculpture is always in my hands or laid on its side. Before I put it in the oven, I gently press it down on a surface to balance the feet and make sure they stay flat, but I don't put the whole weight down. Hope that helps!

~jackboll59 Apr 13, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

It does, thanks!

~LarsenWorks Feb 23, 2013

Thanks so much for the tutorial! I actually sat down last night and tried my first ever sculpture.

I do have a question for you though, what kind of wire do you use? The wire I got held fine until some one the final layers of clay, then it just couldn't support the body. I ended up having to lay the horse down. Still is turning out pretty well IMHO hee hee (it's in the oven as I type)

*scenceable Mar 17, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Glad you liked it! Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to this comment, I use galvanized steel wire. For 4-6 inch long sculpture I use 14 gauge wire for the legs and 16 gauge for the body, head and neck. For larger sculpture I end up twisting wire together. The 14 gauge is super thick and sturdy so holds up quite well! Hope that helps

~LarsenWorks Mar 17, 2013

Yes it does! Thanks for getting back to me

I had never sculpted anything before, but now I think I'm addicted to it

~zer0starX Oct 16, 2012

thank you so much for the time and effort that you put in to this

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